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Measuring Situational Cognitive Performance in the Wild: A Psychometric Evaluation of Three Brief Smartphone-Based Test Procedures.

Johanna Perzl, Elisabeth Maria Riedl, Joachim Thomas

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Article in Assessment, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Lapses of attention.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Johanna PerzlCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-9336-7912
Elisabeth Maria RiedlCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4187-1470
Joachim ThomasCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mobile devices provide new opportunities to draw conclusions about cognitive performance in everyday situations. To gain insights into cognitive performance patterns in healthy adult populations, we adapted three established cognitive tests for smartphone use: the Digit Symbol Substitution Task (DSST), Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), and Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT). To increase their feasibility for ambulatory assessment, we identified the minimum measurement durations that provide reliable and valid state measures of cognitive performance. Over 2 weeks, 46 participants performed each test once per day at random times, along with self-reports (e.g., on concentration, mood, and mental demands). The validity and reliability of change are promising for the 30-second PVT and 90-second DSST and SART. The DSST and SART provide fruitful outcomes for ambulatory field studies linked to mood, stress, and mental demands. We provide digital versions of the adapted DSST and SART online for free.

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CognitionPsychometricsSmartphoneAdultAttentionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPsychomotor PerformanceReproducibility of ResultsSelf ReportYoung Adultambulatory assessmentcognitive performancedigit symbol substitution taskpsychomotor vigilance tasksituational fluctuationssmartphonesustained attention to response task

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PMID38097924
PMCPMC11292980

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